Australia: Qld teachers vote to stage 24-hour strike

by E Wayne Ross on May 12, 2009

ABC News: Qld teachers vote to stage 24-hour strike

Queensland’s state school teachers will go on strike for 24 hours over its pay dispute with the State Government.

More than 37,000 teachers will strike next Tuesday, May 19.

The State Government has been in talks with the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) over a new enterprise bargaining agreement, which has expired.